New Features in Maptitude

• Aerial image: nationwide black and white digital orthophoto quadrangles (DOQs)
• Topographic map: nationwide digitally scanned images of USGS topographic maps, also called digital raster graphics (DRGs)
• Urban color image: color DOQs for the 133 most populated metropolitan areas of the United States

A distinctive feature of the tool is that the user can specify the resolution and this allows the download of high quality images over a large area. As an alternative to choosing the resolution of the image, the user can let Maptitude automatically make this choice. Once accessed, these images can be saved as layers to be used in any online or offline map.

Any Maptitude map can now be opened as a map in ArcMap, one of the programs that is part of the Esri ArcGIS system of software. You can choose which layers to include in the map and can also choose to retain a selection set for each included layer.

When opened in ArcMap the map will have the same scale and projection as the original map in Maptitude. Layers are displayed with the same styles where matched, and these include themes, visibility, autoscale and selected features.

This new feature extends the extensive file export capabilities of Maptitude, reinforcing its position as a full-fledged GIS platform both as a stand-alone product and in conjunction with existing spatial systems.